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World View for May 29, 2014

Chinese commuters line up for a security check at a subway station on May 29 in Beijing. Authorities have increased security in various public locations after an attack left 31 dead in the restive Xinjiang Province last week.

Beijing police officers, including the elite Snow Leopard Commando Unit, show off their skills at handling attempted terror attacks, hijackings and large-scale protests during a training exercise in Beijing on May 29. The display is ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown and following a string of separatist attacks.

Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala (second to the right), Vice President Parmananda Jha (second to the left), Chief Justice Damodhar Prasad Sharma (left) and Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Subhas Newang receive the salute from army personnel during celebrations for the 7th anniversary of Republic Day in Kathmandu on May 29. Political parties in Nepal are working to draft a new constitution following the country's Constituent Assembly elections held on November 19, 2013.

An Iraqi Kurdish woman demonstrates in front of the Kurdistan Judicial Council offices in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on May 29 denouncing the murder of 15-year-old Dunia Selman (portrait) by her 45-year-old husband the past week.

Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah look on during an election campaign rally in the Jaghori district of the Ghazni province on May 29. Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani will compete in the run-off on June 14 to determine who leads Afghanistan into a new era without the assistance of NATO combat troops to help fight the Taliban insurgency.

People take part in a demonstration against the French far-right party Front National following the vote for the European elections, on May 29 in Paris. France suffered a political earthquake on May 25 as the Front National topped the polls in European elections with an unprecedented haul of one in every four votes cast. The placard reads: "There is danger in the French house, let's act."

Afghan border police personnel take part in a ceremony at a police training center on the outskirts of Herat on May 29. Afghan security forces are due to take over from their Western allies, a U.S.-led NATO force, by the end of 2014 when the foreign troops leave the country.

British Prime Minister David Cameron meets school children during his visit to England's football training headquaters at St. Georges Park on May 29 in Burton-Upon-Trent, England. Cameron was on the field also to meet England's World Cup Football Team.